May 24th 2010This heart-tugging video captured the extraordinary reunion of two old friends: a man and the gorilla he raised from infancy.

It had been five years since British naturalist Damian Aspinall had seen Kwibi, a lowland gorilla who was born at Howletts Wild Animal Park in England as part of an ongoing conservation program by the Aspinall Foundation to re-introduce gorillas back into the wilds of Africa.

Several years after Kwibi was released to live in Gabon, West Africa, Aspinall traveled there to see if he could catch a glimpse of his old friend. Cameras captured the scene as Aspinall glided down the river calling out to Kwibi, "C'mon! C'mon!" Incredibly, Kwibi appeared on the bank. "He heard my voice and came to the edge of the river," Aspinall explained in the video.

What happened next is astounding. Aspinall approached Kwibi cautiously. After all, the gorilla is a wild animal and he hadn't seen the naturalist in many years. And yet, Kwibi recognized Aspinall. "The moment I heard his deep, rumbling love gurgle, I knew I was OK," explained Aspinall. Kwibi nuzzled his face close to Aspinall, then wrapped his hairy arms around the man, refusing to let him go. "

Hearing This Will Make You Smile

Tortoise Helps Friend Tortoise to Flip Back Over

Please Stop Snapperfest 2012

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stopsnapperfest/For those who do not know, "Snapperfest" is a brutal festival held every summer in Ohio County, Indiana, where backwater, hillbilly proto-humans gather to cheer on fellow neanderthals, who torture turtles for their depraved amusement. The turtles are snatched from their natural wetland habitat, forced to endure being wrestled, as well as strangled(some to death, even ripped out of their shells to the sound of exuberant applause from the crowd) by these ugly, sweaty and smelly lunatics. This festival of barbaric brutality will be happening very soon. Please be a voice for the turtles, who have no voice of their own. If you have any media contacts who would place this horrific display in the public eye, please alert them if you would.

The event is held at the Campshore Camp Ground. 812-438-2135 (office)812-290-5939 (cell)info@campshorecampground.com

Please take a moment to speak out against this deliberate act of abuse and animal cruelty. Send in letters or make calls(even better) to the following:

Blind Dog Gets Rescued From Trash Pile

"Thousands of live goats and pigs animals are cut apart, shot, and blown up in U.S. military training drills every year even though humane methods like human-patient simulators that provide more effective and realistic training are available and military regulations require that alternatives to animals be used whenever they exist.

As a physician and retired Navy medical officer, I know what it takes to save the lives of soldiers and civilians. And I can say as someone who has participated in animal laboratories that they did not improve my ability to treat humans and that the skills needed to treat traumatic injuries are best acquired without hurting any animals.

So I was shocked and disappointed to see this newly released hidden-camera video footage of live goats who had their limbs chopped off during a recent U.S. military training exercise (warning: graphic footage).

Crudely practicing emergency medical techniques on small, anesthetized animals is nothing like treating moving, screaming soldiers who have been injured in combat. Compared with humans, goats and pigs are much smaller, their skin is thicker, and the anatomy of their organs, blood vessels, skeletons are drastically different..."

If You Don't Think Gorillas Are Like Us Humans Than Watch This....Extremely emotional heartwarming video

Freedom and Jeff

“Freedom and I have been together 11 years this summer. She came in as a baby in 1998 with two broken wings. Her left wing doesn't open all the way even after surgery, it was broken in 4 places. She's my baby. When Freedom came in she could not stand and both wings were broken. She was emaciated and covered in lice. We made the decision to give her a chance at life, so I took her to the vet's office. From then on, I was always around her. We had her in a huge dog carrier with the top off, and it was loaded up with shredded newspaper for her to lay in. I used to sit and talk to her, urging her to live, to fight; and she would lay there looking at me with those big brown eyes. We also had to tube feed her for weeks. This went on for 4-6 weeks, and by then she still couldn't stand. It got to the point where the decision was made to euthanize her if she couldn't stand in a week. You know you don't want to cross that line between torture and rehab, and it looked like death was winning. She was going to be put down that Friday, and I was supposed to come in on that Thursday afternoon. I didn't want to go to the center that Thursday, because I couldn't bear the thought of her being euthanized; but I went anyway, and when I walked in everyone was grinning from ear to ear. I went immediately back to her cage; and there she was, standing on her own, a big beautiful eagle. She was ready to live. I was just about in tears by then. That was a very good day. We knew she could never fly, so the director asked me to glove train her. I got her used to the glove, and then to jesses, and we started doing education programs for schools in western Washington . We wound up in the newspapers, radio (believe it or not) and some TV. Miracle Pets even did a show about us. In the spring of 2000, I was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. I had stage 3, which is not good (one major organ plus everywhere), so I wound up doing 8 months of chemo. Lost the hair – the whole bit. I missed a lot of work. When I felt good enough, I would go to Sarvey and take Freedom out for walks. Freedom would also come to me in my dreams and help me fight the cancer. This happened time and time again. Fast forward to November 2000 the day after Thanksgiving, I went in for my last checkup. I was told that if the cancer was not all gone after 8 rounds of chemo, then my last option was a stem cell transplant. Anyway, they did the tests; and I had to come back Monday for the results. I went in Monday, and I was told that all the cancer was gone. So the first thing I did was get up to Sarvey and take the big girl out for a walk. It was misty and cold. I went to her flight and jessed her up, and we went out front to the top of the hill. I hadn't said a word to Freedom, but somehow she knew. She looked at me and wrapped both her wings around me to where I could feel them pressing in on my back (I was engulfed in eagle wings), and she touched my nose with her beak and stared into my eyes, and we just stood there like that for I don't know how long . That was a magic moment. We have been soul mates ever since she came in. This is a very special bird. On a side note: I have had people who were sick come up to us when we are out, and Freedom has some kind of hold on them. I once had a guy who was terminal come up to us and I let him hold her. His knees just about buckled and he swore he could feel her power course through his body. I have so many stories like that. I never forget the honor I have of being so close to such a magnificent spirit as Freedom.”-JeffRead more:http://www.sarveywildlife.org/Story.aspx?id=7Read more: http://web.archive.org/web/20080613181213/http://www.sarveywildlife.org/Story.aspx?id=512Click here for Photos from Sarvey Wildlife Center

Blind Dog Living In Trash Pile Gets the Most Beautiful Rescue

Beautiful Wolf Trapped In Icy Waters

The wolf was rescued , went unconscious and brought back to life. (The text is in Italian)

Pit Bull Hero

Another Hero♥ "4 year old 'Chief 'was an American Pit Bull Terrier that lived in the Philippines. He dashed in front of a poisonous snake which was getting ready to bite an 87-year-old woman and her granddaughter. He bravely shielded the old women from her attacker, and saved them both, but died minutes later from the venomous snake bite.

Unfortunately, hundreds and thousand of Pitbulls are euthanized every week in the shelters of United States due to their owners surrender. The minor troubles they indicatare many starting from landlord not allowing pets, owners moving out of county or other stupid reasons. Unfairly, Americans have always judged a negative image of pit bulls by highlighting them as an aggressive, ferocious breed that attacks people & its owners with no apparent cause.

Healing Mother Earth

48 Indigenous Young People from more than 40 tribes brought together to learn how to help heal Mother Earth designed by the United National Indian Tribal Youth (UNITY) in the United States and the Four Worlds International Institute (FWII) in Canada, to prepare them spiritually, mentally, physically, and emotionally to become Earth Ambassadors.

Achla Designs Buddy Dog - Cast Iron/Verdi Toned - DOG-05

Achla Designs Lawn and Garden - Garden Decor Buddy Dog - Cast Iron/Verdi Toned This playful pooch is the ultimate representation of man's best friend. Adorable and friendly, he is sure to be a comment-worthy addition to your home. Warranty Information: 90 day from manufacturer's defect Chocolate Verdi Cast Iron Buddy Dog - Cast Iron/Verdi Toned by Achla Designs is known as model number DOG-05 or UPC 719908317942

Legendary ocean researcher, Sylvia Earle: How to protect the oceans (TED Prize winner!) Sylvia shares astonishing images of the ocean --- as she makes her TED Prize wish: that we will join her in protecting the vital blue heart of the planet.

White Sharks of Holbox

If you'd like to swim with the sharks and take pictures with them this is the website to visit. See www.sharkdivermag.com for this video and many others taken on their wildlife excursions.

The photos are also shared in the album of Ocean Defender-Hawaii in Facebook, where they have many other beautiful photographs. Ocean Defender shares the following about these sharks:

" The whale shark is the biggest fish in the sea....and he eats mostly plankton. He uses a filter feeding system to eat the plankton and small fish. He has no teeth and is no threat to humans. In the other side of the spectrum WE are the biggest threat to the whale sharks....

Ocean pollution and shark finning are killing the whale shark populations globally. They are hunted for their fins...and they are eating small particles of PLASTIC as they filter feed the oceans polluted waters.So we beg you to REFUSE PLASTIC and STYROFOAM. RECYCLE as much as possible and use eco friendly products at home and at work...